"Master, I think this might be a good opportunity for us," said Tang Ming.
After a mont of silence, Yao Ming turned his rolling eyes and smiled.
"What do you an?"
Yao Bu Ci was montarily stunned, eyeing his disciple with confusion.
"The big brother’s birthday celebration this ti is quite the scene. Not only have many families from the urban martial arts community co, but there are also so sect forces. What if we could step over the Poison Sect, and give the dicine Sect a boost in reputation?"
Yao Ming asked, his eyes shining brightly.
"That’s actually a good idea."
Yao Bu Ci nodded but then shook his head and said, "Let it be. Your big brother has done a lot for our dicine Sect. In recent years, the An Family has been our economic pillar in the city. For his grand birthday celebration, let’s not cause him any trouble. Let’s just enjoy the birthday properly."
"Alright then."
A trace of reluctance flickered through Yao Ming’s eyes, but since his master had spoken, he couldn’t say much. However, he was still pondering how to make the Poison Sect lose face in front of everyone while boosting the reputation of the dicine Sect.
The An Family’s estate was vast, senior Mr. An’s birthday feast was held on the bank of a clear, crescent-shaped lake in the middle of the estate. This place, backed by the majestic Xianyue Mountain and facing the lake, offered a picturesque and breezy setting, a perfect blend of beauty and comfort.
At this mont, the lakeside of the Half Moon Lake was filled with tables and birthday celebration structures, and a stage-like platform was currently hosting an opera performance to enhance the festivities. The senior loved traditional opera over modern songs and dances.
When Tang Ming and others arrived at the site, they found many guests already seated, either chatting in small groups or sitting in the front row enjoying the opera. The atmosphere was very festive.
"Let’s find a table big enough to accommodate all of us and settle down," Tang Ming scanned the scene and instructed Zhou Dafu and Chen Cang.
Chen Cang and Zhou Dafu imdiately got busy.
"My dear, why did you only co now?"
Before Zhou Dafu and Chen Cang returned, a gentle and pleasant voice suddenly rang out.
Turning around, he saw Su Xiaoxi, dressed in a silver gown, carrying a wine glass and briskly walking toward him.
"Heh, your rumored girlfriend ca to find you," Liu ngting said with a cold laugh, making a quirky remark.
"What rumored girlfriend? Isn’t she the employer who ca to use brother Tang Ming as a shield?" Li Xiaoli chuckled mischievously and warned, "Brother Tang Ming, if she tries to use you as a shield again, you must rember to charge her. The thirty thousand from yesterday has already been spent by us. If there’s no inco, we’ll have to dig into our savings."
"No way? You guys are treating like a cash cow!" Tang Ming rolled his eyes, glanced at Xia Wei’er, who was looking around, and then walked helplessly toward Su Xiaoxi.
As Su Xiaoxi approached, she rushed straight into Tang Ming’s arms.
"Hey! To take your liberties as soon as we et, isn’t that a bit inappropriate?" Tang Ming protested in annoyance.
"Please, Sun Zhuangjia is bothering again, and only you can rescue from this misery," Su Xiaoxi pleaded. After Sun Zhuangjia arrived, he kept pestering her to the point of nearly driving her insane.
Tang Ming looked up and saw indeed that Sun Zhuangjia was coming his way with Ma Zhisong and Qin Kong, apparently following right behind Su Xiaoxi.
"Using as a shield is no problem, but this ti I’m going to charge, I can’t let you take advantage of for free anymore,"
Tang Ming said smilingly, making his declaration in a low voice to Sun Zhuangjia and the others.
"You money-grubber, can our friendship really be asured in terms of money?"
Su Xiaoxi complained irritably, hiding in Tang Ming’s embrace but not looking up.
"Indeed, it cannot be asured in money, but how about Detoxification Pills? The ones I gave you before were sold by the Su Family for a sky-high price, I wonder if you could give a share of the profits?" Tang Ming’s lips didn’t move, his voice coming from his throat.
"Help get through this trouble first, and then we can talk about everything else,"
Su Xiaoxi gave an awkward smile, the previous incident of Tang Ming using Detoxification Pills to pay off debts indeed made the Su Family a fortune.
"Master Tang, long ti no see, are you well?"
After Sun Zhuangjia approached, he greeted Tang Ming enthusiastically. Seeing Su Xiaoxi embracing Tang Ming, a flash of anger crossed his eyes, but he concealed it well, not confronting Tang Ming directly in order to not impact the plan.
"Hehe, indeed, long ti no see, are you here to harass my girlfriend again?"
Tang Ming patted Su Xiaoxi’s back and looked discontentedly at Sun Zhuangjia.
"By no ans, I was just chatting with Su Xiaoxi, after all, we are old acquaintances," Sun Zhuangjia said humbly, especially upon seeing Xin Badao and Chu Batian behind Tang Ming, he dared not offend Tang Ming openly—those two were entities not even the Sun Family would dare to provoke.
"This guy has finally learned so smarts,"
Seeing Sun Zhuangjia’s hypocritical behavior, Tang Ming sneered coldly, knowing by now that Sun Zhuangjia was the one scheming against him in secret, yet pretending to be so respectful to his face, wasn’t that just taking advantage of his ignorance?
"I don’t mind just chatting, but in such a celebratory occasion, we should also properly share our feelings. How about playing cards?"
Tang Ming squinted his eyes, a mischievous smile on his face as he looked at Sun Zhuangjia.
Upon hearing this, Sun Zhuangjia’s face turned green. Rembering how he had lost millions while playing cards with Tang Ming in the past, they were certainly not eager to play cards with Tang Ming again—it was simply handing over money.
"Forget it, forget it, we have other friends to catch up with, so we won’t join you in playing cards, Master Tang,"
Ma Zhisong was the first to decline, genuinely scared of losing again.
"Yes, then we won’t bother Master Tang and Xiaoxi in exchanging feelings, hope you guys have fun,"
Sun Zhuangjia forced out a smile, turned, and led his group away, his face turning gloomy the mont he looked back.
"Done,"
Tang Ming nudged Su Xiaoxi, "Role as a shield is over, don’t try to take advantage of ."
"Ugh, such a beautiful woman throwing herself at you, how could you possibly be at a loss?"
Su Xiaoxi flirtatiously rolled her eyes at Tang Ming.
"Heh, am I the only beauty here? We have three different styles of beauties here; which one do you think is inferior to you?"
At that mont, Li Xiaoli sarcastically asked.
"Ah?"
Su Xiaoxi was stunned for a mont, hastily separating from Tang Ming. She had been too focused on getting away from Sun Zhuangjia that she hadn’t noticed the three beauties behind Tang Ming eyeing her.
"Hehehehe, miss, you always co to Tang Ming for a shield when there’s an issue, but you didn’t ask my opinion first, isn’t that a bit inappropriate?"
Liu ngting humd, also looking at Su Xiaoxi with a sarcastic air.
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